Matthew J. Hull
30 Liberty Drive
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
V: 508.254.8270
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Summary
Creative Director, specializing in team management, business development, branding identity, customer relations, and technology seeks opportunity to manage user experience team. Highly motivated conceptual thinker with strong design and writing skills with a proven track record of innovative solutions for business, marketing, and technology situations. Skilled manager of multi-disciplined teams to lead from conception to creation of user-centered designs and interfaces.
Related Experience
30Liberty Group, Shrewsbury, MA2001 -Present
Principal of small Internet consulting firm. Worked as business developer to assist in client understanding of user experience web offerings.
As Creative Director/Lead Designer, guided client's vision to the web to ensure maximum appeal while maintaining relevance to targeted user community.
Managed teams of designers and developers to support the corporate image and strategy of clients on their web sites. Conducted exercises to discover clients' visual preferences and user requirements. Presented concepts and designs for approval to ensure that designs meet clients' needs.
Wrote promotional documents for marketing publications and web sites.
Directed creative vision for sites to include original copy, artwork, and brand identity.
Designed visuals for mock-ups of web sites, presentations and marketing collateral.
Developed sitemaps and navigational models for logical information architecture modeling.
Designed and created print collateral for company’s of various sizes for submission to publications.
Designed and created support documentation for creative guidelines for corporate use.
Designed and created graphics, HTML, CSS, and simple Javascripts for corporate web sites.
Advised on user experience best practices and developed interactive models for web site usability.
Computer Sciences Corporation, Waltham, MA 1998 to 2001
As a Creative Director worked with clients to realize creative strategy and direction for corporate intranets, business-to-consumer sites, and business-to-business web applications. Worked with teams of designers and developers to support the corporate image and strategy of clients on their web sites. Conducted exercises to discover clients’ visual preferences and user requirements. Presented concepts and designs for approval to ensure that designs meet clients’ needs.
Wrote promotional documents for marketing publications and web sites
Assisted in business development calls and meetings.
Wrote professional documents for acceptance by client stakeholder teams.
Directed creative vision for sites to include original copy, artwork, and brand identity.
Directed photo shoots and voice talent for interactive presentations and web sites.
Developed sitemaps and navigational models for logical information architecture modeling.
Managed client expectations, budgets and teams of 5 - 9 developers as a Project Manager for various projects.
Managed team of developers as a Team Leader on various client projects and in internal career and department functions. Responsible for staff assignments.
Built and tested web sites of varying complexity as a Web Developer using DHTML, Javascript, Lotus Domino, and the HTML 4.0 spec.
HayGroup, Philadelphia, PA 1997-1998
As a Web Developer administered permissions and content uploads for large corporate extranet. Performed as project manager by tracking tasks and estimating development times for new projects. Supported user community as a technical resource for online support.
Freelance, Philadelphia, PA 1996-1997
As a Web Developer designed and built web sites for individuals and small companies. Created graphics, html, and some scripting while learning the medium and attending desktop publishing courses.
Freelance, Watertown, MA 1990-1992
As a Graphic Designer illustrated and created t-shirts and beer labels for small local brewery.
Other Experience
Shrewsbury High School, Shrewsbury, MA 2001-2002
Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse Coach
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA 1995-1996
Assistant Men’s Lacrosse Coach
Landmark School, Beverly, MA 1993-1995
Art Teacher for special needs high school. Other responsibilities included Assistant Department Head, Language Arts teacher, resident care worker, and Head Varsity Lacrosse coach.
Skills
Software/Languages
Matthew J. Hull
30 Liberty Drive
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
V: 508.254.8270
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Familiarity and experience with the following packages and languages:
Matthew J. Hull
30 Liberty Drive
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
V: 508.254.8270
E:
Photoshop, Macromedia Flash, HomeSite, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Office Suite, HTML, XHTML, Javascript, ASP, QuarkXpress
Matthew J. Hull
30 Liberty Drive
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
V: 508.254.8270
E:
Education
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, 1992
BA; English, Fine Arts
URLs/References
Professional references are available upon request.